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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 568, 10 February 1891, Page 2

Full particulars contained in the Auckland papers received by last mail leave not the shadow of doubt about the imposition that was practised on Gisborne people by a so-called Doctor of Divinity. By the way, this is the second sham Doctor whose visit to Gisborne, and the gulling of earnest, trusting people in the town, has been soon followed by the Nemesis of exposure and infamy. The other impostor went under the name of Dr Gilbert, and was undoubtedly a man of considerable ability. It is now, as it was then with many people, a case of “ I told you so,” and the way in which everyone has become wise after the event may be cynically dismissed as wonderful. Others fear that great harm will be done to the cause of religion by such an imposture. It is certain to create distrust and lessen the hospitality usually accorded to strangers who are believed to be honest. But it surely can do little harm to the cause of religion, for it is a proof that any culprit will soon have the sheepskin torn off. Warren’s innings was a very short one, and so was Gilbert’s.